Patents by Inventor Ernesto ALMEIDA-GONZALEZ

Ernesto ALMEIDA-GONZALEZ has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Aircraft bench organized to receive a variable number of passengers
    Patent number: 9963235
    Abstract: An aircraft bench having passenger-receiving locations each defined by two seating plates for receiving a respective buttock of a passenger. Each of the seating plates is individually mounted to pivot on a front spar of the bench and each is individually supported in suspension via its rear edge by a respective energy absorber. The bench is fitted with a plurality of adjacent sets of straps that are lockable together in pairs by a buckle, with locking points that are selectively usable for belting in a passenger depending on the passenger-receiving location selected by the passenger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Joffre, Ernesto Almeida-Gonzalez
  • AIRCRAFT BENCH ORGANIZED TO RECEIVE A VARIABLE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS
    Publication number: 20160083095
    Abstract: An aircraft bench having passenger-receiving locations each defined by two seating plates for receiving a respective buttock of a passenger. Each of the seating plates is individually mounted to pivot on a front spar of the bench and each is individually supported in suspension via its rear edge by a respective energy absorber. The bench is fitted with a plurality of adjacent sets of straps that are lockable together in pairs by a buckle, with locking points that are selectively usable for belting in a passenger depending on the passenger-receiving location selected by the passenger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Jean-Francois JOFFRE, Ernesto ALMEIDA-GONZALEZ